Power of Narrative 2025

Jessica DuLong is a Brooklyn-based author, journalist, editor, and book collaborator/writing coach. Her book SAVED AT THE SEAWALL: Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift, the definitive history of the world’s largest waterborne evacuation, was featured in Spike Lee’s docuseries NYC EPICENTERS. Her book MY RIVER CHRONICLES: Rediscovering the Work that Built America; A Personal and Historical Journey, recounts DuLong’s experiences as a marine engineer aboard retired 1931 NYC fireboat John J. Harvey and traces the rise and fall of respect for hands-on work across four centuries of Hudson River history. For her SHIFT YOUR MINDSET column on CNN.com, DuLong interviews authors about psychology and neuroscience, grief and trauma, and race, gender, and parenting.